Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-12
FIRES.
Professor Bells Elegant Residence
Badly Damaged.
IBy telegraph 70 the DISPATCH


WASHINGTON, ID. c., January 1l.-Short-
" before 3o'clock this morning fire broke
out in the upper story OF the handsome
house owned by Professor Alexander Ora
BAN Bell, in this city, causing loss eSti.
mated at $4,000. The origin OF the fire Is
unknown, but 1t Il supposed that 1t began
In the laboratory, which was located In the
attic story and which contained a number
Of Professor Bells electrical appliances.
The library, containing about 5000 vol
umes, principally OF scientific character,
was almost totally destroyed. As Professor
Bell Is absent from the city, the amount OF
insurance upon the house and furniture
cannot be definitely ascertained, but 1t is
said that IL does not exceed $4,000.
Later investigation leads to the belief
that the fire originated from an open CRATE
in room occupied as studio. The loss
il estimated at $4,000 insurance, s25, 000.
The Henry library, In the northwest corner,
and Bells library, in the southwest corner,
were found TO be unframed, although water
had poured down through the ceilings in
the centre OF both OF these rooms.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SUNCOAK, n. H., January IA large
fire is raging here. The Opera. House Ho-
tel has already been burned down. Sun
coax 0pera-H House Is now on fire, and a
large amount OF property is In danger OF
being destroyed. The selectmen have sent
TO Manchester for help. The fire. the
origin Of which is unknown, started in the
tIn.,hop OF r. A. Davis.
The hydrants were frozen. In O short
time the opera-hOuse and hotel adjoining
were destroyed. The exterors OF the
rev Methodist church and three brick
blocks on the opposite side of the street we've
damaged before the hydrlnts were thawed
out, but the firemen succeeded In saving
them. Loss, $4,000.
NEW YORK.
BUFFALO, n. Y, January IA special
from Batavia 10 the Commercial Advertiser
says: A terrible fire broke out here at about
$3.50 O'Clock this morning. The wind was
blowing hard at the time, and the whole
town was threatened. The fire started in
the Batavia clamp factory and spread to,the
adjacent buildings. There were six or
seven buildings burned. The Daily NeloS,
which was in the clamp cOmpany's build.
ing, was entirely destroyed. 1t Is severe
loss for the Daily NetoS. Triou & Re
quas's drugstore was also destroyed. The
loss Is quite large, and there Is only partial
insurance.
DELAWARE.
WILMINGTON, DEL, January IL The
pickine-roOms OF j. w. KnOwles's cotton.
mills at New Castle were destroyed by fire
tbs morning. Loss about $4,000, fully
covered by insurance. The fire will me-
cessitate the stopping OF the entire mills
until the burned building can be rebuilt.
The fire Is supposed 10 have been the re-
suit OF spontaneous combustion.
FATAL FIRE IN KESTUcKY.
CINCINNATI, January ia special from
Carlisle, KY, says tire started there this
morning in the dentist-oftice Of Or. Gems
lnger, and extended TO the adjoining
buildings Of L. NJ. Peal and l.. II. Piper,
when the walls fell. Dr. Genslinger and
Newton Craig were caught in the Debris.
They were extricated, bus are fatally in
jured. Total loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
OTHER FIRES.
OswEGO, n. Y, January ia fire
broke out at O'Clock this morning on the
fourth floor OF Jones's Block, on west Bridge
street, which was destroyed. as was also
the building adjoining, owned and oecu
pied by Aud a KlOck, clothiers. Both
buildings were occupied by a number oil
tenants-awyers, physicians, and trades
men. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
BROCKToN, MASS, January II. j. BeaP'
shoe.factOry was burned this morning. A
large stock had just been laid IN. Two
hundred hands were employed. Two hun
dIed cases OF goods were ready for ship
ment, and from three hundred TO five hun
IL. Of
loss aggregates $4,000; insurance, S6j,
Gee.
BURLINGTON, VT, January 1.-THE dyna
nite-iactcfy at Plattsburg was totally de-
slroyed by fire ana explosion at.about
o'clock this morning, and tue shock wa
felt here, twenty miles distant. Doors and
windows were ratified as II by an earth
Quske, and many hundreds OF persons rar
into the street. A private dispatch says the
fire caught in the engine-room, and the
workmen left when they were unable r.
eXtinguish the flames, so no lives were lost
The main factory was DESTROYED, but 8
storebouse near by, with a large amount OF
dynamite stored therein, escaped.
PALACE BURNED-MEN INJURED.
IBy Anglo American cable 10 the Dispatch.
MADRID, JAhuAI ~. "a ho III thV a
cazar Palace, at Toledo, Sunday, resulted
i'm the total destruction OF the building.
The water appliances were very meagre
and the firemen were obliged to allow thu
fire TO take its course and 10 direct theil
efforts to prevent the flames from spreading
TO the town. During the progress OF tbt
fire three officers and seventeen men were
injured-sOme Of them severely. No ont
was killed. The palace was recently re
stored 9t cost Of a million dollars.
Muydarod for Ptffeeu nolIars.